Situation of Wiwa women who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia A Roundtable was held on Tuesday 19th November: 

• The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known as the “heart of the world”, has suffered a loss of 92% of its snow-capped peaks affecting 385 glacial lakes, 36 watersheds and 9 important rivers that supply drinking water to more than one million people. This situation could worsen due to the granting of 151 mining licenses, covering 112 hectares, and a further 95 applications that are being processed, covering 78,000 hectares. In other words, 10% of the ancestral territory is affected. 

On Tuesday 14th January, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) co-sponsored a panel event on Maternal and Child Heath in South Darfur.

On Tuesday 29th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and the Malala Fund hosted a discussion: Countering Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Policy Options for Accountability. The following speakers took part: Malala Yousafzai, Co-founder of the Malala Fund; Sahar Halaimzai – Afghanistan Director of the Malala Fund; Horia Mosadiq, Founder and Director of SRMO; Hamish Falconer MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan; and Baroness Helic from the House of Lords. The event was very well attended. 

The APPG on Women, Peace & Security in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada held a roundtable on 9th December with leads on WPS in Embassies and High Commissions in London. Participants gathered to discuss how some governments are increasingly applying WPS principles domestically to help tackle and build national resilience to transnational challenges such as climate insecurity and online gender-based violence. 

On Thursday 28th November, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the event: Human Security in Defence: Policy and Practise. The event welcomed the following speakers: Luke Pollard, Minister for the Armed Forces; Joanna Crouch, Policy Lead, Human Security in Defence, Ministry of Defence; Dr Lucy McDermott, Policy Advisor, Human Security in Defence, Ministry of Defence; and Lt Col. N Twumasi-Ankrah, MVO, RHG/D, Commanding Officer, Outreach Group.

On 13th November 2024, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham (POLSIS) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) convened a parliamentary roundtable to discuss how to negotiate, design and implement effective peace processes and how the UK can promote inclusive peace processes abroad. 

Yazidi Human Rights Advocates Address The UK Parliament Before The 10th Anniversary Of The Yazidi Genocide

On 21 May 2024, Yazidi human rights defenders, Hewan Omer, Free Yezidi Foundation, Country Director, and Khalida Nawaf Ilyas, Free Yezidi Foundation, Livelihoods Manager, addressed the UK Parliament before the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide.

On Tuesday 30th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) organised an event in collaboration with the Henry Jackson Society, “Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in the Context of Contemporary Proxy Warfare”. The event—chaired by Baroness Hodgson, co-chair of the APPG-WPS—  discussed rising conflict-related sexual violence around the world and how our failure to stop the upsurge results from outdated International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the failure of global institutions to acknowledge the changing character of warfare. Also speaking at the APPG was Baroness Helic and Tim Loughton MP.

On Wednesday 17th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights Group (APPG-HRG) co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with ABColombia.

On Tuesday 26th March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and GAPS hosted the Oral Report to Parliament, “Assessing UK Government Progress on Women, Peace and Security in 2023”. The event, co-chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson and Julie Marson MP, provided an opportunity for dialogue between Government Officials, Parliamentarians and Civil Society on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, one year on.

On Wednesday 20th March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted a report launch event with GAPS, Concordis International and Sasakawa Peace Foundation titled “How to engage men in advancing the women, peace and security agenda?”. The event, chaired by Baroness Hodgson, co-chair of the APPG -WPS, focused on the gender dynamics after conflict in Ache, Maluku and Bangsamoro Mindanao. This event was held to launch the joint report, Reconstructing Masculinities, which can be found here.

On Wednesday, February 7th, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security organised an event in collaboration with the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity titled “Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in Ukraine: Lessons from Bosnia.”

London: Women’s Regional Network (WRN), a network of women civil society leaders working together to advance women's rights and regional peace in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, launched its reports developed on the feminist participatory research, Community Conversations titled ‘Afghan Women’s Struggle under the Taliban’ at the House of Lords, UK Parliament on 7 December 2023.

On Tuesday 31st October, the fifth Roundtable on WPS with leads from Embassies and High Commissions was held at the Canadian High Commission. Although organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) in collaboration with the Canadian…

On Tuesday July 11th 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) organised a collaborative event with Oxfam GB titled “Women’s Leadership in Yemen’s Peace Process.”

On Monday 10th July, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “The future of Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan- supporting women’s participation in the socio-political and humanitarian processes” in partnership with the Afghan Women’s Coalition for Change (AWCC) and the Women for Peace and Participation (WPP).

On Wednesday 17th May 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with DROPS, SOAS University of London, ODI & SOAS ICOP titled “BISHNAW Report Launch: Bringing Afghan Women’s Voices to the Foreground in Peace and Conflict.”

On Tuesday 02 May 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) held its annual general meeting.